He Momi no ka Mokupuni

ʻO ka ʻulaʻula o ʻOkakopa
Mahele 2: He Momi o ka Mokupuni

na Mark J. Spalding

A laila, hele au i Block Island, Rhode Island, aia ma kahi o 13 nautical mile (a i ʻole he hola holo ferry) mai Point Judith. Laki wau i ka lanakila ʻana i ka raffle e pōmaikaʻi i ka Rhode Island Natural History Survey—nāna i hāʻawi iaʻu i hoʻokahi pule ma Redgate Farm ma Block Island kokoke i New Harbor. ʻO ka pule ma hope o ka lā Columbus ʻo ia hoʻi ka hāʻule koke ʻana o ka lehulehu a ua maluhia koke ka mokupuni nani. Mahalo i nā hoʻoikaika like ʻana o ka Block Island Conservancy, nā hui ʻē aʻe, a me nā ʻohana Block Island i hoʻolaʻa ʻia, mālama ʻia ka hapa nui o ka mokupuni a hāʻawi i nā huakaʻi maikaʻi ma nā wahi noho mokupuni like ʻole.  

Mahalo i kā mākou mau mea hoʻokipa, ʻo Kim Gaffett o Ocean View Foundation a me Kira Stillwell o ka Survey, ua loaʻa iā mākou nā manawa hou e kipa aku ai i nā wahi palekana. ʻO ka noho ʻana ma kahi mokupuni ʻo ia ka mea e pili pono ana ʻoe i ka makani-ʻoi loa i ka hāʻule, a, i ka hihia o Kim lāua ʻo Kira, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā neʻe manu. I ka hāʻule, ʻo ka makani ʻākau he makani huelo no nā manu lele, a ʻo ia hoʻi nā manawa no ka noiʻi.

ʻO kā mākou lā piha mua, ua laki mākou i ka hiki ʻana i laila i ka wā i nā ʻepekema mai ka Ke Kula ʻImi ʻImi ʻAiola ke hana nei lākou i kā lākou hāʻule ʻana i nā raptors. Aia ka papahana i kona makahiki ʻehā a helu ʻia ma waena o kāna mau hoa ʻo Ocean View Foundation, Bailey Wildlife Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, a me ke Kulanui o Rhode Island. Ma kahi puʻu makani anuanu ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka mokupuni, e hopu ana ka hui BRI i nā pūʻulu raptors—a ua hōʻea mākou i kahi ahiahi maikaʻi loa. Hoʻopili ka papahana i nā ʻano neʻe o nā falcons peregrine a me ka ukana ʻona o nā raptors ma ka ʻāina. Ua kaupaona ʻia nā manu a mākou e nānā ai, ua ana ʻia, ua kāʻei ʻia a hoʻokuʻu ʻia. Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka pōmaikaʻi nui e kōkua i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o kahi wahine ʻōpio harrier ʻākau (aka marsh hawk), ma hope koke o ka lawe ʻana o Kim i kāna manawa me kahi ʻōpio kāne ʻōpio ʻākau.  

Ua hoʻohana nā ʻepekema i nā raptors ma ke ʻano he barometers o ke olakino kaiaola no nā makahiki he mau makahiki. ʻO kā lākou hāʻawi ʻana a me ka nui e pili pono ana i nā pūnaewele meaʻai e kākoʻo ana iā lākou. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Chris DeSorbo, ka luna o ka papahana, "ʻO ka hale noiʻi ʻo Block Island raptor ka ʻākau loa a me ka mamao loa o ke kahakai ʻo Atlantika. ʻO kēia mau hiʻohiʻona i hui pū ʻia me nā ʻano neʻe kūʻokoʻa o nā raptors ma laila e waiwai ai kēia mokupuni no kāna noiʻi a me ka nānā ʻana. neʻe.
Ua ʻimi ʻia nā peregrines i hōʻailona ʻia a hiki i Greenland a me ʻEulopa—e hele ana i nā ʻāpana moana nui i kā lākou huakaʻi. E like me nā ʻano kai lele nui e like me nā koholā a me nā tuna, he mea nui e ʻike inā he ʻokoʻa ka heluna kanaka a i ʻole hiki ke helu ʻia ka manu hoʻokahi ma nā wahi like ʻole. Kōkua ka ʻike e hōʻoia i ka wā e hoʻoholo ai i ka nui o kahi ʻano, helu mākou i hoʻokahi, ʻaʻole ʻelua - a mālama mākou no ka helu liʻiliʻi.  

Ke wehe nei kēia wahi raptor liʻiliʻi i ka puka makani i ka pilina ma waena o ka makani, ke kai, ka ʻāina, a me ka lani–a me nā holoholona lele e hilinaʻi nei i nā au i ʻike ʻia, ka lako meaʻai, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e kākoʻo i ko lākou ola. Ua ʻike mākou aia kekahi o nā raptors ma Block Island i ka hoʻoilo, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe ua huakaʻi i mau tausani mile ma ka hema a hoʻi hou, e like me ka hoʻi ʻana o nā malihini kanaka i ke kau kauwela e hiki mai ana. Hiki iā mākou ke manaʻolana i ka hāʻule ʻana aʻe e hiki i ka hui BRI a me kā lākou mau hoa hana ke hoʻi e hoʻomau i kā lākou loiloi i ka ukana mercury, ka nui, a me ke olakino o nā ʻano raptors ʻewalu a i ʻole e hilinaʻi nei i kēia ala.  

Kiʻi 1: Mokupuni Block, Kiʻi 2: Ke ana ʻana i kahi hawk marsh